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Innocent Nyaruhirira, M.D., Rwanda's Minister of State in Charge of HIV/AIDS and Other Epidemics, shares his thoughts on how the international community can best support Rwanda's efforts to fight HIV. Presented in French.
Topics: hiv, aids, ngo, public policy, public health, french, rwanda, aid, international
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Phil Johnson, M.D. explains why family members don't need to worry if they live in the same household with someone who is HIV positive or has clinical AIDS. There is no evidence that HIV is transmitted among family members through living together, eating together, sharing the same cooking and eating utensils or bathroom, or other routine household contact.
Topics: HIV, positive, AIDS, prevention, education, virus, family, household, contact, live, together
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Innocent Nyaruhirira, M.D., Rwanda's Minister of State in Charge of HIV/AIDS and Other Epidemics, shares his thoughts on how the international community can best support Rwanda's efforts to fight HIV.
Topics: hiv, aids, ngo, public policy, public health, english, rwanda, aid, international
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. discusses how men who have sex with men (MSM) can reduce their risk of contracting or transmitting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Topics: hiv, aids, msm, men who have sex with men, gay, condom, faithful, prevention, education
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Bishop Andrew Wafula of New Covenant Assembly discusses his church's HIV/AIDS relief ministry, which includes an orphanage for AIDS orphans called Faith Brethren Children's Home. To learn more, visit http://TrinityTab.org/nca/.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, Christian, Swahili, Kenya, counseling, testing
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If a woman who is HIV positive becomes pregnant, there's a risk that her baby will contract HIV during pregnancy, childbirth, or breast feeding. Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains how the risk can be reduced through the use of antiretroviral medications for the mother and the infant and the use of formula instead of breast feeding. These guidelines are for women in developed countries with reliable access to ARVs, formula, and clean water. Visit http://www.AIDSvideos.org/ to learn more about HIV. Visit...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, mother-to-child, transmission, MTCT, prevention, ARV, AZT
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This is the video "The Top Ten Questions About HIV Tests" presented in Mandarin Chinese.
Topics: hiv, aids, tests, Mandarin, Chinese, China, questions, ELISA, Western Blot
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Charlie Johnson, a recovering heroin addict who has been living with HIV for fourteen years, describes his personal experience, including: what it was like to learn he was HIV positive; how this led to a long, deep depression; how this led to more drug use; how meeting the right doctor helped him to face his drug addiction, go through drug detox, and comply with his antiretroviral drug medications; how he is now working to help others who are HIV positive, and set up a program in South Africa...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, Christian, HIV Positive, PLWHA, South Africa
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Charlie Johnson, who has been living with HIV for fourteen years, describes the connection between depression and HIV in his life, including: how HIV's effect on the brain contributes to feelings of depression; different ways he has managed his depression; why he tried but stopped using antidepressant medications; and how helping other people has proven to be the most effective way for him to treat his own depression. Charlie is a co-founder of Global Lifeworks. Visit http://www.AIDSvideos.org/...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, depression, antidepressant, heroin, injection drug, drug
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. discusses factors patients say make it hard for them to take their antiretroviral medications (ARVs) on schedule as prescribed. This problem is referred to as "ARV noncompliance." Failing to take ARVs as prescribe can lead a patient to develop a strain of HIV that is resistant to the medications they are taking, require that the patient switch to other medications, and increase the risk of clinical AIDS and death. If you are on ARVs, please take them as your doctor...
Topics: arv, antiretroviral, medication, noncompliance, compliance, HIV, AIDS
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains how individuals and communities can reduce their risk of contracting waterborne illnesses. Over two million people die of preventable waterborne illnesses each year. These diseases commonly cause diarrhea. Infants, children, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems (such as those with HIV or AIDS) are especially vulnerable. The diseases most commonly spread when people drink impure water. To reduce your risk, drink only clean water, wash your hands...
Topics: waterborne, illness, disease, prevention, wash, hands, clean, water, diarrhea, hygiene, sewage
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Phil Johnson, M.D. explains how friends and family can help HIV and AIDS patients by being supporting and accepting of the patient. This will make it easier for the patient to follow their medication regimen and maintain their health.
Topics: hiv, aids, friends, family, support, compliance, adherence, medication, nutrition
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Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses sharing of needles by injection drug users, which is one of the most common ways that HIV is transmitted. Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine are all examples of drugs that are sometimes injected. Needle exchange programs are one way to reduce the risk that HIV will be transmitted among injection drug users.
Topics: hiv, aids, injection, drug, prevention, education, needle, exchange, syringe
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Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses HIV/AIDS prevention efforts around the world that have proven effective including examples from Uganda, Thailand, France, and Sweden.
Topics: hiv, aids, prevention, uganda, thailand, abstinence, condom, brothel, sex, work, government
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Becky Kuhn, M.D., discusses how to avoid contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, through sexual contact.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, sexual transmission, latex condom, sex, oral, anal, vaginal, dental dam
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Innocent Nyaruhirira, M.D., Rwanda's Minister of State in Charge of HIV/AIDS and Other Epidemics, gives a basic HIV/AIDS prevention education message in Swahili targeted at youth.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention education, abstinence, faithful, condom, sex
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Becky Kuhn, M.D., explains how injection drug users can reduce their risk of contracting or transmitting HIV.
Topics: hiv, aids, injection drug, prevention, education, needle, syringe, bleach, needle exchange, blood
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Antoine Garth talks about the experience of being a caregiver for his friend Steve during Steve's terminal illness with clinical AIDS.
Topics: hiv, aids, care, giver, caregiver, terminal, illness, clinical
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Rev. Bruce Sonnenberg describes "He Intends Victory," which is a Christian ministry to those affected by AIDS offering phone counseling, support groups and AIDS education by HIV+ educators. Visit http://www.HeIntendsVictory.com/ to learn more.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, Christian, antiretroviral, counseling, care
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Bishop Andrew Wafula of New Covenant Assembly discusses his church's HIV/AIDS relief ministry, which includes an orphanage for AIDS orphans called Faith Brethren Children's Home. To learn more, visit http://www.TrinityTab.org/nca/.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, Kenya, orphan, AIDS orphan, prevention, Christian, care
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Rev. Freddie Freddie Steenkamp of Deodoxa Church in Geoffrey's Bay, South Africa, introduces basic information about HIV and AIDS in Afrikaans.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, Afrikaans, abstinence, faithful, condom
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In this unscripted interview, Dr. Becky Kuhn discusses the factors patients say contributed to their contracting HIV. Patients have cited rejection by their families, low self-esteem, longing for love, disconnection from their religious community, alienation from God, and boredom as factors contributing to contracting HIV. Recreational use of Viagra and crystal methamphetamine may contribute to further transmission after becoming HIV positive. She also discusses how physicians can more fully...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, contract, transmit, life, factors, contribute, alienation, self, esteem, rejection,...
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains why everyone age 13-64 should be tested for HIV at every doctor's office visit. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommended in September 2006 that all patients age 13-64 years be tested for HIV when they visit the doctorâs office. As of the end of 2003, it was estimated that one in four HIV positive individuals in the United States do not know they have been infected with HIV. As a result, they will not get the medical care that could improve their health and...
Topics: hiv, aids, prevention, education, ABC, abstinence, be, faithful, condom, SAVE, safer, access,...
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This video is in the language Bengali and covers critical basic information about HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus that causes the disease AIDS. There are treatments but no cure. HIV is spread by contact between an infected person's body fluids and another person's mucous membranes. It is spread by sexual contact, injection drugs users sharing needles, from mother to child during childbirth or nursing, and by receiving transfusions of infected blood. You can reduce your risk by abstaining from sex...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, antiretroviral, abstinence, faithful, condom
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Becky Kuhn, M.D., explains why it's so important for HIV positive people who are on antiretroviral medications (ARVs) to take their medications at the prescribed dosages on the prescribed schedules. This will reduce the risk of developing a strain of HIV that is resistant to the ARV medication.
Topics: hiv, aids, antiretroviral, medication, ARV, resistance, prevention, education
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Bishop Justus Wanjala of Gospel Lighthouse Church discusses his church's HIV/AIDS relief ministry, which includes voluntary counseling and testing for HIV. To learn more, visit http://www.GospelLighthouseInternational.com/.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, Kenya, testing, prevention, Christian, counseling, care
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains how ending gender inequality will be a key step in the fight to stop the spread of HIV. Visit http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org and http://AIDSvideos.org to learn more. [Do you want to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS? Are you fluent in a language other than English? Then volunteer to translate this video into another language! Click http://AIDSvideos.org/translate.shtml to learn how you can help!!!]
Topics: hiv, aids, gender, inequality, equal, rights, abuse, rape, stigma, discrimination, infidelity,...
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Maelezo ya ukimwi wa gospel Lighthouse: Bishop Justus Wanjala of Gospel Lighthouse Church discusses his church's HIV/AIDS relief ministry, which includes voluntary counseling and testing for HIV. To learn more, visit http://www.GospelLighthouseInternational.com.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, Christian, Swahili, Kenya, counseling, testing
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Charlie Johnson, who has been living with HIV for fourteen years, talks about he found a new life and married a woman named Deborah, who is also HIV positive. Charlie and Deborah have are now working to adopt an HIV positive AIDS orphan from South Africa. Charlie is a co-founder of Global Lifeworks. Visit http://www.AIDSvideos.org/ and http://www.GlobalLifeworks.org/ for more information about Charlie Johnson's educational and outreach work.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, PLWHA, South Africa, HIV Positive, AIDS orphan, adoption
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For many years, governments and non-governmental organizations have promoted an ABC approach to preventing HIV and AIDS. ABC stands for Abstain from sex until marriage, Be faithful to a single partner, and use a Condom every time you have sex. ABC has some known limitations. Becky Kuhn, M.D. discusses those limitations and additional things we can do to prevent the spread of HIV. SAVE stands for Safer practices, Access to antiretroviral medications, Voluntary counseling and testing, and...
Topics: hiv, aids, prevention, education, ABC, abstinence, be, faithful, condom, SAVE, safer, access,...
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Phil Johnson, M.D. explains why it's so important to use a condom EVERY TIME you have sex with a person who is HIV positive or whose HIV status you do not know. The risk of HIV transmission is greatest right after a person has been first infected, even if an antibody test wouldn't show them as HIV positive yet. In studies of married couples where one partner was HIV positive and the other was HIV negative, if they used condoms EVERY time they had sex, there was no HIV transmission, but if they...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, sexual, transmission, latex, condom, sex, oral, anal, vaginal, dental, dam, married,...
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Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses how having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) other than HIV (such as herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia) can increase the risk of contracting or transmitting HIV. Preventing and treating other STDs is therefore an important step for preventing the transmission of HIV.
Topics: hiv, aids, std, sexually, transmitted, disease, herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, prevention,...
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Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses the problem of HIV stigma. People who contract HIV or develop clinical AIDS are sometimes stigmatized, ostracized, or discriminated against. They have lost jobs, been abandoned by friends and family, and even murdered. There is no reason for this. People with HIV or AIDS pose no threat to those around them and should get sympathy, support, and medical treatment.
Topics: hiv, aids, stigma, discrimination
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Phil Johnson, M.D. explains basic information about HIV: how to avoid contracting it or transmitting it; the importance of getting tested to know your HIV status; how HIV and AIDS are treated; and the importance of taking your antiretroviral medication as prescribed.
Topics: hiv, aids, antiretroviral, medication, ARV, resistance, prevention, education, testing, treatment
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Cory Norlund, a person living with HIV, and his mother Diana Norlund discuss how their family dealt with the news that Cory was HIV positive. He and his mother now make individual or joint presentations about HIV/AIDS under the auspices of the not-for-profit organization He Intends Victory. See http://www.HeIntendsVictory.com/ for more information about Cory and Diana's educational outreach efforts.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, PLWHA, Person Living With HIV, HIV Positive, Family
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains why it's important to wash your hands to avoid contracting or transmitting diseases. She explains and demonstrates the correct techniques for washing hands using soap. This video is relevant for anyone who wants to improve their hygiene and avoid illness and is especially important for people who have weakened immune systems (such as people with HIV or clinical AIDS) or who are caregivers for those with weakened immune systems. This video includes recommendations for...
Topics: wash, hands, soap, hiv, aids, caregiver, health, care, worker, hygiene, warm, water, disease,...
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Danny West is a trainer, coach, and leadership consultant, has been living with HIV for the past 24 years, and remains healthy today. One of the reasons that Danny West is passionate about coaching and HIV prevention education is that he wants to provide a positive role model of a person living with HIV. He lives a happy and fulfilled life and he is determined to challenge discrimination and prejudice and influence equality for people living with HIV. For more information, visit...
Topics: HIV, positive, AIDS, Danny West, prevention, education, role, model, coaching
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It's sometimes possible to recognize when you've recently contracted HIV from signs and symptoms such as fever, rash, or swollen lymph nodes. In this video, Becky Kuhn, M.D. will teach you how to recognize signs and symptoms of primary HIV infection that are experienced by between 40 and 90% of individuals after they are first infected with HIV. Primary HIV infection occurs during the first few weeks or months after a person first becomes infected with HIV. Symptoms include rash and/or fevers,...
Topics: hiv, aids, primary, infection, symptoms, test, fever, rash, lymph, nodes, fatigue, nausea,...
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If a woman who is HIV positive becomes pregnant, there's a risk that her baby will contract HIV during pregnancy, childbirth, or breast feeding. Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains how the risk can be reduced through the use of antiretroviral medications for the mother and the infant. These guidelines are for women in developing countries which often lack access to clean water, infant formula, medical care, and antiretroviral medications.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, mother-to-child, transmission, MTCT, prevention, antiretroviral, virus, education,...
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This is the video "A Brief Introduction to HIV/AIDS" presented in Mandarin Chinese.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, Mandarin, Chinese, Brief, Introduction, prevention, education, China, condom, safer sex,...
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Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses issues in HIV prevention related to honest disclosure and communication. People who wish to have sex with a new partner may lie about their status, saying it's negative when it's positive or unknown. People may also tell a partner they are being faithful in a monogamous relationship when in fact they are having sex outside the relationship as well. This means that if you have unprotected sex with a partner, you are betting your life on their being honest with you....
Topics: hiv, aids, condom, monogamy, honesty, prevention, education, safer, sex, faithful, unprotected
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Keiko Fujita, a sex education volunteer, introduces basic information about HIV/AIDS in Japanese and reminds us that our lives, and the lives of our future partners and loved ones, are worth protecting.
Topics: HIV, AIDS, prevention, Christian, Japanese, condom, abstinence
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People often ask us which sexual practices have a relatively higher risk of HIV transmission and which have a relatively lower risk. In this video, Becky Kuhn, M.D. discusses the estimated risk of HIV transmission for mother-to-child transmission, needle sharing, and for some common sexual practices including anal sex, vaginal sex, and oral sex on men and women. These statistics are just estimates based on the currently available scientific information. The risk of contracting HIV from a...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, anal, oral, vaginal, sex, mother-to-child, transmission, needle, sharing, condom,...
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. explains why it's important to wash your hands to avoid contracting or transmitting diseases. She explains and demonstrates the correct techniques for washing hands using soap and for cleaning hands using alcohol-based santizing handrubs. This video is relevant for anyone who wants to improve their hygiene and avoid illness and is especially important for people who have weakened immune systems (such as people with HIV or clinical AIDS) or who are caregivers for those with...
Topics: wash, hands, soap, alcohol, hand, rub, handrub, hiv, aids, caregiver, health, care, worker,...
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Provavelmente você já ouviu sobre a doença HIV/AIDS e sabe que ela pode seriamente afetar sua vida e até o matar. Mas o que você pode fazer para reduzir o risco de contrair HIV, o vÃrus que causa AIDS? Se você seguir as instruções deste vÃdeo, você pode reduzir ou ate eliminar o risco de contrair o HIV, salvando sua vida, a vida do atual ou futuro parceiro, e se você for uma mulher, as vidas de seus futuros filhos. A sigla AIDS significa SÃndrome de...
Topics: portuguese, HIV, AIDS, prevention, antiretroviral, abstinence, faithful, condom, virus, education,...
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Older individuals need to be just as careful to avoid contracting HIV as younger people do. People often assume that older adults donât need to worry about HIV. Few people realize that almost one in six new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in America are in people age 50 and older. Older people have many of the same risk factors as younger people. HIV transmission through injection drug use accounts for more than 16% of AIDS cases among persons aged 50 and older. Since post-menopausal women no longer need...
Topics: HIV, AIDS, elderly, over, 50, fifty, older, people, individuals, STD, condom, menopause, stigma,...
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This video is in Mandarin and covers critical basic information about HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus that causes the disease AIDS, which can be fatal. There are treatments but no cure. HIV is spread by contact between body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk) and mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals). It is spread by sexual contact, injection drugs users sharing needles, from mother to child during childbirth or nursing, and (early on during the epidemic) by...
Topics: mandarin, chinese, hiv, aids, sex, antiretroviral, medication, ARV, resistance, prevention,...
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Danny West is a trainer, coach, and leadership consultant, has been living with HIV for the past 24 years, and remains healthy today. He realized early on that HIV is just another virus; after HIV, there will be other viruses. But HIV is "unique" in that it raises society's taboos such as death, dying, sex, sexuality, addiction, disability, and illness--all the things people are reluctant to talk about. So itâs no surprise that people are reluctant to learn about HIV and seek out...
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Topics: HIV, positive, AIDS, Danny West, RYL, Training, prevention, education, taboo, society, sex,...
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Becky Kuhn, M.D. debunks 10 more common myths about HIV/AIDS, including the myths that: HIV has never been isolated; HIV tests are often wrong; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved HIV tests; you are better off without ARVs than with them; antiretroviral medications (ARVs) are not effective for treating AIDS; AIDS is caused by Antiretroviral Medications (ARVs); AZT does more harm than good; AIDS is caused by use of inhaled recreational drugs such as nitrites (also known as...
Topics: hiv, aids, myths, ARV, antiretroviral, medication, test, isolated, AZT, injection, drug, nitrite,...
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Phil Johnson, M.D. discusses why it's so important for HIV/AIDS patients to follow their antiretroviral (ARV) medication regimen as prescribed. During active infection, up to 10 billion HIV particles will be created each day. This provides ample chance for the virus to mutate in ways that provide resistance to the medication. By keeping the blood levels of the ARV medication high, that will keep the viral load low and reduce the opportunity for resistance mutations to flourish. When HIV...
Topics: hiv, aids, ARV, antiretroviral, medication, compliance, adherence, immune, system, progression,...
